Yeah, Twin Slice has been a massive pain in the ass all year and I'm glad to see it shelved. It sucks because its a really sweet idea and the thematics were incredible, but there is such a fine line between god and unplayable with that card it feels like.
You'll now find Core 2021's set guide is under Forged in the Barrens in Expansions.
Year of the Phoenix is still going to kick around for a bit under Expansions. Once we move on to Gryphon, Core 2021 will move to be under that category.
Cards dropdown moved to a mega menu to make it easier to use on desktop - it gets a bit longer on mobile now but it is categorized at least!
Arena menu is now the Modes menu. It's fairly empty right now but we'll add to it! Dedicated portals for BGs, Duels, and Mercs are coming.
Up to Flux if he wants to add new buttons for the text editor for either/both.
Yeah, this is a fun problem to figure out a good solution for. The editor is already packed full of nonsense!
We are likely to put in place a logic change so that the bbcode will prefer the core set over others so we ensure we have the correct card icons showing up. that will make it much easier for people to easily use bbcode with simple card names; That's a start.
Most of the cards are going to stay. They'll change stuff every year but it won't be as crazy as this year.
The cards that are only in the core set cannot be obtained in packs or crafted - but you can craft golden copies. If any of these cards rotate, they'll likely get dumped into the Classic set.
Basically, they're making some of the new DH cards evergreen so they won't rotate when the year is over, and yes, everyone will get those for free.
However.
When you get the cards for free, you still don't own them. For players that haven't crafted them or found them in AOO packs, they won't be able to disenchant any copies and it should look like how Basic cards look today. If you do own them, you'll be able to disenchant them and then keep playing with them through the rental copies.
But, if they decide to remove those cards from the core set at a later date, you won't have them anymore if you disenchanted them since you were using the rental copies so I'll never advise anyone to disenchant their cards.
The YouTube videos always go up later than the cards. We're not going to wait for the video to come out so we can post them :P
If you go back and look at previous reveal posts, you'll see the videos since they get added in later (99% of the time by FrostyFeet). You're too quick to look at reveals!
The simulator is just for fun. We value goldens like crazy and there are multipliers when you get multiple goldens to make packs go real crazy.
Don't read into it too much :D Just know that each pack opening uses the same rates of appearance as the real deal, we just don't take into account collections or pity timers because to do so would be against the point!
There isn't much we can do about it, unfortunately. Putting it on the homepage doesn't work out and space on our navigation is at a premium. Sticking it under cards is really the best we can do.
A lot of people open a ton of packs each expansion though, so it definitely gets hit! People just don't save the bad packs :D
We might have to do some more site achievements for it. It might also be neat to link the packs on the relevant collectible card pages now that I think about it. Would be a nice spot for some extra promo.
I don't know about a universal wild pack though. I'd much rather be able to make an educated decision on what packs I want to buy. If I wanted to make a mech-style deck, for example, I'd go for Goblins vs Gnomes or Boomsday Project packs before anything else.
I think it would be cool to have a wild pack available though in addition to everything else. It would be a great way to fill in spots, which is also why we probably won't see it, lol.
Really hoping we get Alterac Valley. The snow theme there might be primarily present to make people think we're getting Alterac Valley though, Blizzard could be aiming for a sneak attack there. Though, Darkmoon Faire was also pretty obvious the second we all saw last year's teaser.
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Yeah, Twin Slice has been a massive pain in the ass all year and I'm glad to see it shelved. It sucks because its a really sweet idea and the thematics were incredible, but there is such a fine line between god and unplayable with that card it feels like.
I should have caught this when editing. I removed the mention of it to prevent any confusion.
Nav update is live.
Yeah, this is a fun problem to figure out a good solution for. The editor is already packed full of nonsense!
We are likely to put in place a logic change so that the bbcode will prefer the core set over others so we ensure we have the correct card icons showing up. that will make it much easier for people to easily use bbcode with simple card names; That's a start.
Rewards aren't up yet - we'll have those once the reveal season fully kicks off!
You can at least start tracking your progress here =)
Nav is getting a large refresh today - stay tuned!
Yeah... let me fix that real quick. Huge oversight to not exclude that :sweat_smile:
Most of the cards are going to stay. They'll change stuff every year but it won't be as crazy as this year.
The cards that are only in the core set cannot be obtained in packs or crafted - but you can craft golden copies. If any of these cards rotate, they'll likely get dumped into the Classic set.
It is so great that they actually made speedstone a thing. People have been asking for it for a long time so this is PERFECT.
Now we just need people to rock it on ladder and to show demand for a real mode!
Basically, they're making some of the new DH cards evergreen so they won't rotate when the year is over, and yes, everyone will get those for free.
However.
When you get the cards for free, you still don't own them. For players that haven't crafted them or found them in AOO packs, they won't be able to disenchant any copies and it should look like how Basic cards look today. If you do own them, you'll be able to disenchant them and then keep playing with them through the rental copies.
But, if they decide to remove those cards from the core set at a later date, you won't have them anymore if you disenchanted them since you were using the rental copies so I'll never advise anyone to disenchant their cards.
Luckily we're already familiar with most of them. The big news will be the cards that receive changes and the new ones - mostly the new ones.
Can't wait to see what they've been cooking!
The YouTube videos always go up later than the cards. We're not going to wait for the video to come out so we can post them :P
If you go back and look at previous reveal posts, you'll see the videos since they get added in later (99% of the time by FrostyFeet). You're too quick to look at reveals!
According to the phases, it's sometime in the first phase. My best guess is it'll launch a month or two into the Barrens expac, so May or June.
Yeah, I'm not thrilled with how they're going about the whole mercenaries thing.
There are 10 special mercenaries that are going to be highlighted hardcore. 5 Horde and 5 Alliance.
These characters are all going to get their own "Book of Heroes" style adventure in the "Book of Mercenaries".
Then all of them are in the Mercenaries mode, which has more than just those 10 mercenaries.
I heard you liked mercenaries so I put mercenaries in your mercenaries so you could learn more about mercenaries.
I wish they would have been more creative with the mode name.
The simulator is just for fun. We value goldens like crazy and there are multipliers when you get multiple goldens to make packs go real crazy.
Don't read into it too much :D Just know that each pack opening uses the same rates of appearance as the real deal, we just don't take into account collections or pity timers because to do so would be against the point!
There isn't much we can do about it, unfortunately. Putting it on the homepage doesn't work out and space on our navigation is at a premium. Sticking it under cards is really the best we can do.
A lot of people open a ton of packs each expansion though, so it definitely gets hit! People just don't save the bad packs :D
We might have to do some more site achievements for it. It might also be neat to link the packs on the relevant collectible card pages now that I think about it. Would be a nice spot for some extra promo.
100% would have been nicer to have them earlier!
I don't know about a universal wild pack though. I'd much rather be able to make an educated decision on what packs I want to buy. If I wanted to make a mech-style deck, for example, I'd go for Goblins vs Gnomes or Boomsday Project packs before anything else.
I think it would be cool to have a wild pack available though in addition to everything else. It would be a great way to fill in spots, which is also why we probably won't see it, lol.
Really hoping we get Alterac Valley. The snow theme there might be primarily present to make people think we're getting Alterac Valley though, Blizzard could be aiming for a sneak attack there. Though, Darkmoon Faire was also pretty obvious the second we all saw last year's teaser.
Echoes of Alterac anyone?